U.S. Senate: Sen. John
Cornyn (R)
defeated State Rep. Rick
Noriega (D) and Yvonne
Schick (L) in
his bid for a second term by 54.82%
to 42.83% and
2.34%.U.S. House:
In
the 22nd CD (seat formerly held by Tom DeLay)Rep.
Nick Lampson (D)
lost
to attorney Pete
Olson (R)
by
52.42% to 45.35% and 2.21% for the Libertarian.
Another interesting race occurred in the 17th CD (Waco, College
Station ...64% Republican), where Rep.
Chet
Edwards (D) defeated businessman Rob Curnock (R) by 52.98% to
45.50%. The House delegation in the 111th Congress goes to 20R, 12D.
> Republicans
pick up one U.S. House seat. MORE

2008
OverviewThe major candidates
made a few visits to Texas, almost all
of which were for fundraising. McCain-Palin caried the state with a
plurality of 950,795 votes (11.77 percentage points).Obama/Allies
| McCain/Allies
| Nader | Barr

Unique
system with presidential primary and precinct conventions on the same
day.
The primary determines 126 of the 288 national convention
delegates.
The convention/caucus process determines 67 delegates. FAQ.
More

Huckabee
| McCain
| PaulCongressman Ron Paul
(R)
formed a presidential exploratory committee on Jan. 11, 2007 and
announced
his candidacy on March 12; by the time of the March 4, 2008 primary he
had shifted his focus to his re-election campaign. >former: GiulianiHunter:
endorsed
by U.S. Rep. Ralph Hall (TX-4) and U.S. Rep. John Culberson (TX-7) RomneyF.Thompson

Official
Results

Hugh Cort

728

0.05%

Rudy
Giuliani

6,038

0.44%

Mike
Huckabee

518,002

38.02%

Duncan
Hunter

8,222

0.60%

Alan Keyes

8,260

0.60%

+John
McCain

697,767

51.21%

Ron Paul

66,360

4.87%

Mitt Romney

27,360

2.00%

Fred
Thompson

11,503

0.84%

Hoa Tran

604

0.04%

Uncommitted

17,574

1.29%

Total

1,362,322

Early votes:
559,753
...40.43% of 1,384,662 votes.

Setting the Primary
DateTexas Came Close to
Joining
the Stampede to Feb. 5: On April 13, 2007 by a vote of 123
to
12 with 1 present and not voting the Texas House approved HB
2017, a bill to move the general primary and the presidential
primary
from first Tuesday in March to the first Tuesday in February.
However,
the identical Senate bill, SB
1843, failed to advance and its sponsor, Sen. Royce West
(D-Dallas),
removed it from the Senate intent calendar on May 23. Stefan D.
Haag,
a professor of government at the Pinnacle Campus of Austin Community
College,
noted in an e-mail that one concern with this legislation was "the
burden
on election officials in conforming to new dates (registration
deadlines,
sending new registration cards, filing dates for candidates, etc.),
many
of which fall over the holiday season." (Note: In addition to HB
2017, two similar bills HB
993 and HB
996, were also introduced in late January 2007).